TABLE 1.
Percentage distribution of women aged 18–49 who participated in a survey about awareness of and attitudes toward abortion laws, by selected characteristics, Texas, 2014–2015
| Characteristic | % (N=737) |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| 18–29 | 37.4 |
| 30–39 | 30.1 |
| 40–49 | 32.5 |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| White | 37.4 |
| Black | 12.4 |
| U.S.-born Latina | 22.1 |
| Foreign-born Latina | 21.0 |
| Other | 7.1 |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 50.2 |
| Cohabiting | 12.2 |
| Not married or cohabiting/separated | 37.6 |
| Parity | |
| 0 | 38.1 |
| 1 | 18.3 |
| ≥2 | 43.6 |
| Ever had an abortion | |
| No | 88.4 |
| Yes | 11.6 |
| Educational attainment | |
| ≤high school | 40.5 |
| Some college | 33.3 |
| ≥college | 26.2 |
| Household income as % of federal poverty level | |
| <100 | 15.1 |
| 100–199 | 15.7 |
| ≥200 | 69.2 |
| Residence | |
| Metropolitan | 90.0 |
| Nonmetropolitan | 10.0 |
| Ideology and party affiliation | |
| Conservative Republican | 19.1 |
| Somewhat conservative Republican | 26.0 |
| Moderate/Independent | 15.9 |
| Somewhat liberal Democrat | 25.3 |
| Liberal Democrat | 13.7 |
| Religious affiliation | |
| Catholic | 30.4 |
| Baptist | 17.0 |
| Other Protestant | 8.9 |
| Other Christian | 23.6 |
| Other/not reported | 7.0 |
| None | 13.0 |
| Personal view on abortion | |
| Abortion is morally acceptable and should be legal | 18.4 |
| Personally against abortion, but government should not prevent a woman from making that decision |
50.6 |
| Abortion is morally wrong and should be illegal | 23.9 |
| Other | 7.0 |
| Support for a law making it more difficult to get an abortion | |
| Would support | 30.7 |
| Would not support | 35.7 |
| Not sure | 33.6 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Notes: Percentages are weighted to account for survey design and may not add to 100.0 because of rounding.